Jxcts pen&yyeX prompt; ;ly ontue bou els, cleanses eanscs it he svsTem erf ecTuallv. fassisfs ono in overcoming on tipati hnhiTnn rnnslin permanently. To get its benejicial effects buy the tfenuirve. nanujacturodi by the v CALIFORNIA, lie Syrup Co. SOU) BY LTADINC DRUCWSTS-604 p-BOTTlE Bird's Long Flight. In one unbroken nocturnal flight the European bird known as the northern , bluethroat has been proved to travel from Central Africa to the German ocean, a distance of 1.690 mllen. mak ing the Journey In nine hours. r4j'S,Sf.Vitng'Dance:Nervon Diseases pei. maneritlycared by Pr. Kline's Great Norve gestiirer. 13 trial bottle and treatise free, f. H. R. KUna, Ld.,861 Arch St., Phila., Pa. William Cross, Secretary of State ii Oklahoma, slgnB his name officially, "Bill CroBS." Piles Cured in 0 to 14 Pays. Pkzo Oitttment ii guaranteed to cure any base of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Files in 6 to 11 days or money refunded. 50o. Japan's National Alms. The advent of Japan among the great powers of the world has been a remarkable occurrence, the most re markable, perhaps, in the latter part of the last century, and we may read ily pardon some observers for being actually bewildered by it But it seems to us quite unreasonable and unwarranted to assume that the event muBt have some sdnster and malefic purpose. It is by no means beyond the bounds of rational conception that the Japanese are much like other peo ple, and that a nation should thus awaken and arise with no thought of mischief making or of universal con quest, but with a sane and salutary ambition to confirm its place among the" powers as a factor of "peace, com merce and honest friendship." That was the ambition of the United States when it became a new nation. That was the ambition, now for more than a third of a century consistently ful filled, of Germany when her empire was founded. We know not why it should not also be the aim of Japan, and that it is her aim we are bound, In the absence of proof to the con trary. to believe. N. T. Tribune. DOUSE DOBK Thousands of American women in our homes are daily sacrificing their lives to duty. In order td keep the home neat and pretty, the children well dressed and tidy, women overdo. A female weakness or displacement is often brought on and they suffer in silence, drifting along from bad to worse, knowing well that they ought to have help to overcome the pains and aches which daily make life a burden. It is to these faithful women that LYDIA ELPINKHAKTS VEGETABLE COMPOUND comes as a boon and a blessing, as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, of Mayville.N. Y., and to Mrs. W. P. Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa., who say : " I was not able to do my own work, owing to the female trouble from which I suffered. Lydia E. Pinkbam's Vege tableCompound helped me wonderfully, and I am so welltthat I can do as big a day's work as I ever did. I wish every aick woman would try it. FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the Btandard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion,dizzine8s,or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She tias raided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. DnOP1Ym DJSCOvlBTf mli, tw oimnwiiii Mti nii.ri,,.M m. ... SUM'S BUS, S, AUtate. TRAINING OF PARENTS. Mr. Abbott Advises fhtm to Cult! vate Persistence and Self-Restralnt. "The only alternative I know to gov ernment by collision is government by habit," says Earnest Hamlin Abbott in "The Outlook," in the opening pa per of a Berles "On the Training of Par ents." The paper is about the bringing up of children, but the briefest perusal will show that the final word in the title is quite correct. Every collision with a child is a confession of woak ness, says Mr. Abbott. For while it may sometimes be better to let a child collide with you than with the com munity, it Is never anything but a dis aster, and proof that government by habit is not fully established. The process of training children is the process of forming habits, and the time to begin is when the child is a babe. That is the time for the parents to learn self-restraint. The mother's impulse is to rush to her baby the mo ment he cries, take him up, fondle him. A little care, says Mr. Abbott, will en ablo that mother to distinguish be tween the cry of pain, the cry of ner vous irritability and the "plain cry." If it is a cry of pain she looks for the cause. If it is a cry of irritability she "blames herself for having rocked the child a few moments before, and Bteels herself against repeating the indul gence." It is a "plain cry" she exer cises her self-restraint and lets hira cry on. She knows that, Bad as it may seem to hear a baby cry, he has got to cry to exercise his lungs until he is old enuogh to go out and play with the other children. When the baby has had all the food that Is good for him, she gently with draws the food supply. Thus she es tablishes in herself the good habit of not indulging him foolishly. And the child learns to go to sleep without the whole family dancing attendance n him, to stop eatimj when ho has had enough learns, in short dignity and self command and sweet reason ableness. Of course, Mr. Abbott points out, the spi.it of adventure leads normal chil dren sometimes to sample things not good for them, and explore places where they ought not to be. "But this," he says, "is a tribute to regular life, and is donlcd to those children whose whole life consists in a series of parental experiments." Mrs. Bwing, in her "Story of a Short Life," pictures the bewilderment of a little lad under the caprices of a fond father whose government was a gov ernment of moods. Sometimes, by some curious and fortunate alchemy, beautiful characters are evolved under such conditions, but not often. Bad habits are easily acquired, and likely to cling, but happily, Mr. Abbott says, good habits are as hard to break up as bad ones are. People who consider pertriss in a child "so cunning," and who enjoy "encountering the child as an adversary and breaking down bis opposition" will have no trouble in de veloping in the malleable little beings in their care habitual pertness and dis obedience. But thone who desire their children to grow up with a "contented acquiescence in a regular life" can do It; it requires no qualities on the part of the parents but persistence and self restraint; and it means for the child, when he grewg up, all the difference between being a blessing or a nuisance to himself and others. American Music In Foreign Lands. "The same music that I play in Des Moines is enjoyed as thoroughly In Berlin or Paris," said Sousa, the band master, before leaving Des Moines yesterday. "Many people are of the opinion that I change the style of my music when I go from America to Eu rope, but the same program that the American appreciates is liked by the German or the Frenchman. The hu man family is the same the world over. The expression of emotions in every race Is almost identical, and so music that will make the American dance or weep will have the same ef fect upon the Russian, German, or Greek. My first concert in Berlin was absolutely an 'innovation in the music world of that country, and it caused quite a stir. I would play something from Wagner and the Germans would applaud until they were red in the face. Then I would give them a little American rag-time. These sudden changes in the program had a great effect upon the people of that city. I was there for one month steady and played every afternoon and evening. I believe I have played more in Ger many than any other musician except ing a German." Des Moines Register and Leader. Paste Jewels. A well known Illustrator who visited New Orleans grew most enthusiastic with reference to the quaint beauty of the old town. "I noticed a remark ably decorative effect in a street near the French market," said he to a friend "The second and third story windows of a certain bouse were hung with pale yellow bamboo curtains. These were perfectly plain and all of the same Bhade; yet you can form no Idea how they set off the old place. They simply glorified it!" The friend, a New Orleans man, was puzzled. "I don't recall the bousp. Point it out to me the next time we're in that vicinity." A day or two later the friends were walking in the locality referred to, when suddenly the man from the North uttered an exclamation. "Tfccre it is!" he cried. "The house of tho bamboo curtains! It mi'.st contain s colony of artists!" His friend smiled grimly. "That Isn't bamboo," he explained. "You're enthusing over a spaghetti factory. Thy hang th stuff out thr to dry!" Youth's Companion. Commissioner Smith vs. The Standard Oil Co. From the (Railway World, January 3, igo8. Mr. Herbert Knox Smith, whOBe zeal In the cnuse of economic reform has been In no wise abated by the panic which ho and his kind did so much to bring on, Is out with an an swer to President Moftott, of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. The publication of this answer, it is officially given out, was de layed several weeks, "for business reasons," because it was not deemed advisable to further excite the public mind, which was profoundly disturbed by the crisis. Now that the storm clouds have rolled by, however, tho Commissioner rushes again into the fray. Our readers remember that the chief points in the detejjee of the Standard Oil Company, as presented by President Mottett, were, (1) that the rate of six cents on oil from Whiting to East St. Louis has been is sued to the Standard Oil Company as the lawful rate by employes of the Alton, (2) that the 18-cent rate' on file with the Inter state Commerce Commission was a class and not a commodity rate, never being intended to apply to oil, (3) that oil was shipped in large quantities between Whiting and East St. Louis over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois at six and one-fourth cents per hun dred pounds, which has been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission as the law ful rate, and (4) that the 18-cent rate on oil was entirely out of proportion to lawful rates on other commodities between these points of a similar character, and of greater value, such, for example, as linseed oil, the lawful rate on which was eight cents. President Moffett also stated that thousands of tons of freight had been Bent by other shippers be tween these points under substantially the same conditions as governed the shipments of the Standard Oil Company. This defence of the Standard Oil Company was widely quoted and has undoubtedly ex erted a powerful Influence upon the public mind. Naturally the Administration, which has staked the success of its campaign against the "trusts" upon the result of its at tack upon this company, endeavors to offset this Influence, and hence the new deliverance of Commissioner Smith. We need hardly to point out that his re buttal argument is extremely weak, although as strong, no doubt, as the circumstances would warrant. He answers the points made by President Moffett substantially as follows: (1) The Standard Oil Company had a traffic department, and should have known that the six-cent rate had not been filed, (2) no an swer, (3) the Chicago and Eastern Illinois rate was a secret rate because it read, not from Whiting, but from Dolton, which is described as "a village of about 1,500 popu lation JuBt outside of Chicago. Its only claim to note is that it has been for many years the point of origin for this and similar secret rates." The Commissioner admits in describing this rate that there was a note attached stating that the rate could also be used from Whiting. The press has quite generally hailed this statement of the Commissioner of Corpora tions as a conclusive refutation of what is evidently recognized as the strongest rebuttal argument advanced by the Standard. In tact, it is as weak and Inconclusive as the remainder of his argument.. The lines of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois do not run Into Chicago. They terminate at Dolton, from which point entrance is made over the Belt Line. Whiting, where the oil freight originates, Is not on the lines of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, which receives its Whit ing freight from the Belt Line at Dolton. The former practice, now discontinued, in filing tariffs was to make them read from a point on the the line of the filing road, and it was also general to state on the same sheet, that the tariff would apply to other points, e. g Whiting. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois followed this practice in filing its rate " from Dolton, and making a note on the sheet that Is applied to Whiting. This was In 1896 when this method of filing tariffs was In common use. Now let us see In what way the Intending shipper of oil couH be misled and deceived by the fact that do Chicago and Eastern Illinois had not Elsd a rate reading from Whiting. Commissioner Smith contends that "concealment is tha only motive for such a circuitous arrangement," 1. e., that this method of filing the rate was intended to mislead intending competitors of the Stand ard Oil Company. Suppose such a prospec tive oil refiner bad applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for the rate from Chicago to East St. Louis over the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, he would have been In formed that the only rate filed with the commission by this company was 6H cents from Dolton, and he would have been further Informed, if Indeed he did not know this al ready, that this rate applied throughout Chi cago territory. So that whether he wished to locate his plant at Whiting, or anywhere else about Chicago, under an arrangement of long standing, and which applies to all the Indus trial towns in the neighborhood of Chicago, be could have his freight delivered over the Belt Line to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois at Dolton and transported to East St. Louis at a rate of 6 cents. Where then is the concealment which the Commissioner of Cor porations makes so much of? Any rate from Dolton on the Eastern Illinois or Chap pell on the Alton, or Harvey on the Illinois Central, or Blue iBland on the Rock Island, -applies throughout Chicago territory to ship ments from Whiting, as to shipments from any other point In the district. So far from the Eastern Illinois filing its rate from Dol ton in order to deceive the shipper, It Is the Commissioner of Corporations who either be trays hl3 gross Ignorance of transportation customs in Chicago territory or relies on the public ignorance of these customs to deceive the public too apt to accept unquestlonlngly every statement made by a Government official as necessarily true, although, as in 1 the preeent Instance, a careful examination shows these statements to be false. The final point made by President Moffett that other commodities of a character similar to oil were carried at much lower rates than 18 cents, the Commissioner of Corporations discusses only with tho remark that "the 'reasonableness' of this rate is not in ques tion. The question is whether this rate con stituted a discrimination as against other shippers of oil," and he also makes much of the failure of President Moffett to produce before the grand Jury evidence of the alleged Illegal acts of which the Standard OH official said that other large shippers la the terri tory had been guilty. Considering the faet that theBe shippers Included the packers and elevator men of Chicago the action of the grand Jury In calling upon President Moftott to f urniBh evidence of their wrong-doing may be Interpreted as a demand tor an elabora- -tlon of the obvious; but the fact that a rate book containing these freight rates for other shippers was offered in evidence during the trial and ruled out by Judge Landis, was kept out of sight. President Moffett would -not, of course, accept the Invitation of the grand jury although he might have been pardoned if he had referred them to various official investigations by the Interstate Corn mere Commission and other departments ot the Government. We come back, therefore, to the conclusion of the whole matter, which is that the Stand ard Oil Company ot Indiana was fined an amount equal to seven or eight times the value of Its entire property, because its traffic department did not verify the statement of the Alton rate clerk, that the six-cent com modity rate on oil had been properly filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. There Is no evidence, and none was Intro duced at the trial, that any shipper of oil from Chicago territory had been Interfered with by the elghteen-cent rate nor that the failure ot the Alton to file Us six-cent rate had resulted in any discrimination against any independent shipper, we must take this on the word of the Commissioner of Cor porations and of Judge Landis. Neither is It denied even by Mr. Smith that the "inde pendent" shipper ot oil, whom he pictures as being driven out of business by this discrim ination of the Alton, could have shipped all the oil he desired to ship from Whiting via Dolton over the lines of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois to East St. Louis. In short, President Moffett's defence Is still good, and we predict will be declared so by the higher court. The Standard Oil Company has been charged with all manner of crimes and mis demeanors. Beginning with the famous Rice of Marietta, passing down to that apostle of popular liberties, Henry Demarest Lloyd, with his Wealth Against the Commonwealth, descending by easy stages to Miss Tarbell's offensive personalities, we finally reach the nether depths ot unfair and baseless mis representation In the report of the Commis sioner ot Corporations. The Standard has been charged with every form of commercial piracy and with most of the crimes on the corporation calendar. After long years ot BtrennotiB attack, under the leadership of tho President ot the United States, the corpora tion Is at last dragged to the bar of justice to answer for its misdoings. The whole strength of the Government is directed against It, and at last, we are told, the Standard Oil Com pany Is to pay the penalty of its crimes, and it is finally convicted of having failed to verify the statement of a rate clerk and is forthwith fined a prodigious sum, measured by the car. Under the old criminal law, the theft of property worth more than a shilling was punishable by death. Under the inter pretation of the Interstate Commerce law by Theodore Roosevelt and Judge Kenesaw Landis, a technical error of a traffic official Is made the excuse for the confiscation of a vast amount ot property. SHIP ENCOUNTERS DUST 8HOWER. Powder Resembling Flour Falls on Monterey In the Gulf. A strange phenomena in the Gulf of Mexico of a dust shower at sea was reported by the steamer Mon terey, which arrived at New York from Vera Cruz, Progreso and Ha- vanna. The Monterey's officers declare that on January 11, the night before arriv ing at Progreso, a peculiar white powder, like flour, fell from the skies, It was not a volcanic dust, there be ing no grit in the composition. The dust became stick after falling on the vessel. How the Public Forgets. It is not without relevance to re call that on the very day of the Boy- ertown holocaust an Illinois judge dis missed the charge against former Builder Commissioner Williams of Chicngo, the last of those accused of responsibility for the Iroquois Thea- ter fire that cost 602 lives. It was shown that in that death trap exit doors were barred, staircases were blocked, fire escapes were incom plete and the building laws had been Ignored. While the country was ting ling with the horror of the disaster the determination to mete out punish ment to those responsible for the barred exits and the choked fire es capes that held those men, women and children prisoners to death was vehement But four years is a long time for the public to remain on guard. One by one the accused es caped on technicalities without even the formality of a trial. New York Tribune. Stop That Congh before it becomes chronic. Get Brown's Bronchial Troches, the best preparation known for coughs. All records In the transportation of passengers across the .Atlantic were broken during the flret ten months of 1907, during which 2,000, 000 traveled across. Only One "Bromo Quinine" That ia Laxative Bromo Quinine. Lonl; fir the signature of E. W. Grove. Used tha World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 2oc. Mayor Marrow of Benton Harbor, Mich., threw the key of his grocery store Into the canal five yeas ago, and the place has not been locked since. Itch cured in S3 minutes by WooiTord's Sanitary Lotion. Never fail. At druggists. The Salar Grande sale mine In Chile covers an area of 80,000 acres, and contains 14,000,000,000 tons of pure salt. 5 Mrs. Vlnslowfc Soothing Syrup for Childrea teUilng,V)tenlhegams,redaoe8innamma tioh, allays'pTUn, cures wind colic, 26c a bo'ttls The Italian government Is making efforts to divert the tide of emigra tion from tha Sailed States to Africa. Yield of Beef Carcass. A good steer properly and at the same time profitably cut up will yield the following percentages ot dressed weight, given In round numbers so as to be more easily memorized: Loins, 15 per cent; ribs, 10 per cent; rounds, 21 per cent; chucks, 19 per cent; plates, 16 per cent; flanks, 4 per cent; shanks, 7 per cent; tallow, 3 per cent; kidneys, 0.25 per cent; sausage meat, 1 per cent; shank meat, 1.50 per cent; tankage, 2 per cent; loss in cutting, 0.25 per cent. Moravian Barley and Spcltz, two great cereala, makes growing and fat tening bogs and cattle possible in l)nk., Mont., Ida., Colo., yes, everywhere, ana add to above Salzer's Uillion Dollar Grass, the 12 ton Hay wonder 'J'ensiute, which produces 80 tons of green fodder per acre. Emperor William Oat prodigy, etc., end other rare farm seeds that they offer. JUPT CUT THIS OUT AND HETUnN IT with 10c in stamps to the John A. Kiizer feed Co., La Crosse, Win., und get ti'.air big catalog and lots of farm teed sam ples. A. C. L. Bad Law for Good Purpose. A bad Jaw for a good purpose. That is practically the judgment of a majority of the justices of the su preme court of tho United States as to the national law fixing the liabil ity of employers engaged in inter state commerce. No one will dispute that the general purpose of the law was good In the sense that it was humane, though there Is room for dif ference of opinion as to Its efficiency and expediency. There was also great difference of opinion among the Jus tices themselves on the constitution ality of the law and on the reasons why 11 was held by a majority to be unconstitutional. Despite this differ ence, the actual decision ot the court is adverse and the law dies a judicial death. New York Tribune. Billboards In Peru. 1'he war on objectionable billboards Is b'couilni' almost universal. In America, cities cany it on individual ly, each according to its own tastes, as they do in Germany and other Eu ropean cnuntrii-s; in England, It Is one of the minor parliamentary is sues. The latfBt war bulletin is from Lima, the capital city of Peru, and Is sent to the state department by the American consul general at Callao. The municipality of Lima regulates all outdoor advertising and owns all the billboards. It is unlawful to fix any advertisement on any vehicle or the wall of any structure other than the city billboards. An American firm has recently secured the exclu sive rights ' to ure these boards for three years. The character of the matter used is strictly regulated and the city receives considerable revenue from this source This is a new method of controlling outdoor adver tising that may be coplel elsewhere. Cleveland Plain. Dealer. The Camphor Supply. All true camphor is sunnllcd by Japan and China, 80 per cent by the former and 20 per cent by the latter. In obtaining camphor the trees are destroyed. Both countries have pass ed lawB, compelling tho planting of young camphor trees, China being more radical than Japan in this par ticular, as for. every camphor tree that Is cut down five new ones must be planted. Japan planted 3,000,000 young trees since 1900, to which are to be added half a million planted this year, and hereafter 750.000 an nually. Rubber Plantation for Lease. The Burmese government proposes to sell the lease of the government rubber plantation at Mergul for a per iod of 30 years, with the right of renewal tor another 20 years. The ar.ea contains about 240,000 rubber trees. Coldest Time of Day. The coldest period of the day Is said to be a few minutes after sun rise. This Is due to the fact that, when the, sun first strikeB the earth, it causes the evaporation of a chill ing moisture. II. It. Gnstx's Sons, of Atlanta. Oa., are the only sm-o-silul lirojBjr Hpecliillpts in toe wor d. Bee their liber.il offer la advertise ment la another column of this paper. The man who Is disappointed In love should be philosophical and re member that but for tills he might have been disappointed In marriage. Telegraphing From Train. When a traveler in the grand duchy of Baden wants to send a telegram while he Is on the train be writes the message on a postcard, with tha rAnilODt thnt It h.A wit-ait mil. m stamp and drops into the train letter box. At the next station the box li cleared and the message Bent There Is more Catarrh In this section el tha country than nil other diseases put to gether, and until the Inst few years was rap posed to be incurable. For s great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by con stantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F.J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con stitutional cureon the market. It is taken in ternally in doses from 10 drops toateaspoon ful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hun dred dollars foranycaseit fr.ils to cure. Send for circulars and tratimoninls. Address F.J. Ciienet & Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by UrugRists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Tills for constipation. The government of Chile has paid to date $2,818,480 United States gold for property appropriated for publio use in the reconstruction of the city; of Valparaiso. The difference between literature and raising bogs is that there 1b al ways a market for hogs. 11 OUCH, OH MY BACK 1 NEURALGIA, STITCHES, LAMENESS. CRAMP TWINGES, TWITCHES FROM WET OR DAMP ALL BRUISES, SPRAINS. A WRENCH OR TWIST THIS SOVEREIGN REM EDY THEY CAN'T RESIST Pricc 25c and 60o L H0E8 AT ALL aaapsy tn mms, mss fsMtffcwv amf yyw ijb&.-id' arw or oraarsi varum tnmm mnvotnmri Mi', v ' r-v MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. MEN, BOYS, WOMEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN. C3s Mr. Lm Douglmm mama ansf aa'a m mny a maauraot war an rna Id, tseaim Ihmy Aacf thalrA fit aatrasv wmmr foaoajv ami oraarsi varua him amwasf HJ ', v :y f v jr., aSioaa lm Ittm mWrf in-Hmw. Skua 0:Ji-'r-f ltrd I flnniriii tA aril tK Gilt PHr. Shu ISaml Ha rnllul it lm Prfcs' mm wvdg'aiv s bins Mils avugv Wliwa miismi tsv avtfsjaiiviji rt raj fiVIJ TlOrV. W. T Dntuttaf nam M prtneta -tcmpod on bottom. Tke Km Snbtltait. BoM by th tt ihoe dlrt rrari wUtn. fcUtoM jjnihUed (rout ftvtor to any part of the woiHl. )Uu . Uuio Cm ui ftoj widiw W. aU JUOVOlaAJt. OmktM, Mmrnrn
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